Longest Airport Runways in Cape Verde

Airports in Cape Verde ranked by the length of their longest open runway.

📅 2026📏 metres7 entries🇨🇻 See all of this country’s rankings →

Amílcar Cabral International AirportEspargos · 10,760 ft · ASP

3,280 m

Aristides Pereira International AirportRabil · 6,890 ft · ASP

2,100 m

Nelson Mandela International AirportPraia · 6,890 ft · ASP

2,100 m

Cesaria Evora International AirportSão Pedro · 6,561 ft · ASP

2,000 m

Preguiça AirportPreguiça · 4,593 ft · ASP

1,400 m

Maio AirportVila do Maio · 3,937 ft · ASP

1,200 m

São Filipe AirportSão Filipe · 3,937 ft · UNK

1,200 m

Highlights

Within Cape Verde, Amílcar Cabral International Airport ranks first in 2026 with 3,280 m, followed by Aristides Pereira International Airport (2,100 m) and Nelson Mandela International Airport (2,100 m).

Amílcar Cabral International Airport is 1.6 times higher than Aristides Pereira International Airport, the runner-up.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.